Battle of the Bottle Labels 2015 - via AHA

It’s time for the second annual Battle of the Bottle Labels! We’ve teamed up with GrogTag again to find the most creative, homebrew-inspired bottle labels out there.

Submit your custom bottle label design and let the public decide if you are worthy of being the 2015 Battle of the Bottle Labels champion.

In the meantime, check out the 2014 Battle of the Bottle Labels winners.

The Grand Prize

The grand prize winner will receive the following prize package courtesy of our friends at GrogTag:

• 48 oval or square customizable and reusable bottle labels (with necker)
• 2 customizable keg labels
• 50 customizable bottle caps
• 1 custom metal sign

The runner up will receive 48 oval or square customizable and reusable bottle labels and one set of customizable keg labels.

How to Enter

Sponsored by GrogtTag

 

Please read through the Bottle Label Contest Giveaway Rules and Submission Guidelines prior to entering.

1. Bottle label submissions will be accepted from Sept. 29 through Oct. 13, 2015.
2. The AHA will select nine finalists to advance to the final round, along with the three winners from GrogTag’s bottle label competition during the 2015 National Homebrewers Conference.
3. Voting will take place on HomebrewersAssociation.org from Oct. 15 through Oct. 29, 2015.
4. Winners will be selected by popular vote and announced after October 29.

Enter Your Homebrew Bottle Label

2014 Finalists

 

Submission Guidelines

IMPORTANT: Label submissions should be in a format ready to be printed on GrogTag’s reusable beer bottle labels. See GrogTag’s website for complete information on sizing and resolution.

We also recommend checking out GrogTag’s downloadable label templates. Necker designs (the label that goes on the neck) are not required, but encouraged. If including a necker, please showcase both in the style of GrogTag’s template. Please do not submit pictures of labels on beer bottles.

Giveaway Rules

1. Label must be for a homebrew-inspired beer and cannot have been used for a commercial product.
2. There is no cap on how many labels a person can submit, but only one can advance to the final round for public voting.
3. Must be 21 years of age or older. This promotion is void where prohibited by law. No other accommodations will be provided for this giveaway.
4. Finalists will be chosen by the American Homebrewers Association staff. The grand prize winners and runner-up will be determined by popular vote.
5. Winners will be announced after October 29, 2015.
6. The American Homebrewers Association reserves the right to suspend, cancel or modify this contest or disqualify any participant at any time if they determine at their sole discretion that for any reason the contest cannot be run as originally planned or if fraud, noncompliance with contest rules or any other concurrence compromises the fairness or integrity of the contest.
7. The prize cannot be transferred, substituted or redeemed for cash.

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Normal is Nothin’

Break out of your normal beer routine and try something far from it. In fact normal is nothin’ at Abita, a brewery inspired by the rich uniqueness of nearby New Orleans. With a culture all their own, the people of New Orleans revel in the idea of going against the grain - unless that grain is used in one of Abita’s delicious beers - and why not? Mixing things up once in a while can lead to some new favorite brews.

Raise a toast with Abita to breaking the norm and unlock the “Abita: Normal is Nothin’” badge. Check-in to at least two (2) different beers from Abita between October 1st - November 15th and it’s all yours!

Learn more about and find Abita near you over at https://abita.com and be sure to connect on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram!

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Tennessee Brew Works presents: BEER DINNER with Chef Jay Mitchell & Friends

Nashville, Tennessee – October 13, 2015 – Join us at Tennessee Brew Works for SIX COURSES of culinary and craft beer fusion; featuring our very own Chef Jay Mitchell. The talented Chefs Nick Seabergh, Kevin Ramquist and Will Uhlhorn join Chef Mitchell.

Enjoy unique dishes expertly paired with our brews; including limited releases.

Speakers include Tennessee Brew Works Founder/President Christian Spears, Head Brewer Dr. Laura Burns and TapRoom General Manager/Certified Cicerone Adam Speyer.

Music provided by The Groove!

“We hope you’ll join us for this special evening as we explore the wonderful and unique pairing possibilities utilizing our craft beer and artisan cuisine!” –Christian Spears

DETAILS

Cocktail hour from 6-7PM | Dinner 7-9PM.

Tickets are limited, $100 per person. For more info contact: caroline@tnbrew.com or 615.873.0714.

TENNESSEE BREW WORKS

“Finely Tuned Craft Beer”

Proud to call the great state of Tennessee home to our brewery and taproom. With fine traditions in many things including both music and spirits, we hope to capture the essence of the land and culture in all of our brews. We strive to do so as efficiently as possible; minimizing waste and raw material utilization in our brewing processes.

809 Ewing Ave, Nashville, TN 37203

Email: info@tnbrew.com

Web: tnbrew.com

Facebook: facebook.com/tnbrew

Instagram: http://ift.tt/1GdXEk6

Twitter: @TNBrewWorks

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HighJump Announces Brewers’ Edge, Bringing Omni-Channel Tools to the Craft Brewing Industry

HighJump, a global provider of commerce-enabled supply chain management solutions, today announced HighJump Brewers’ Edge, a cloud-based suite of solutions with specific features to address the broad set of omni-channel needs from order capture to fulfillment and delivery exhibited by the fast growing craft brewing industry.
“What sets the craft brewing industry apart is the passion its members have for their products and their customers,” said Ross Elliott, co-founder and chief strategy officer of HighJump.  “With Brewers’ Edge, HighJump delivers a set of brewery focused apps that show that same level of passion.  Our goal is to put the right tools in our brewery partners’ hands to help them maximize the utilization of their assets at the same time they continue to aggressively grow their business with no drop off in service or quality.”
HighJump Brewers’ Edge delivers rich cloud-based capabilities centered on key pillars of omni-channel success:
Trading Partner Community – With access to over 10,000 trading partners, HighJump Brewers’ Edge simplifies the connection between you and your major distributors and suppliers through the HighJump global trading network.
Commerce Platform – Based upon the highly successful Nexternal platform, HighJump Brewers’ Edge provides a comprehensive foundation to build your B2B and B2C digital businesses.  Its rich online/mobile store will empower the brewery’s merchandise sales, streamline your customers’ wholesale orders and enable customer engagement across a broad spectrum of channels.
Club Membership – Extending capabilities beyond the traditional online store, HighJump Brewers’ Edge opens up new revenue opportunities through a robust club membership toolset.
Early Releases and Special Events – A growing number of craft brewers are finding that events offer a dynamic new revenue source.  Managing them, however, can prove challenging.  HighJump Brewers’ Edge allows forward thinking breweries to plan and execute early releases and special events in a systematic way that delivers high customer satisfaction.
Tour Booking – Booking brewery tours is another incremental revenue source that has traditionally been managed with pencil and paper.  HighJump Brewers’ Edge was built to ease the pain of managing reservations by automating the process and the customer interaction leading to increased bookings and higher customer satisfaction
Asset Tracking – Let HighJump Brewers’ Edge assist you in tracking key assets like kegs, barrels, store displays and much more.
Master Data Management – HighJump Brewers’ Edge provides robust tools to manage master data for key elements like Product Information, Pricing, Customer Information, Promotions, and much more
Inventory and Warehouse Management – Providing a clear view of inventory across the enterprise, from the store to the distribution center, allows the HighJump Brewers’ Edge client the ability to more effectively meet customer expectations while improving accuracy and operational effectiveness in the warehouse.
Delivery and Shipping – HighJump Brewers’ Edge delivers a breadth of delivery and shipping options including parcel rating and compliance, integration with its over 2,000 carrier TL and LTL network and direct home/store delivery.
Operational Insight – With dashboards and alerts spanning the breadth of the ecosystem, HighJump Brewers’ Edge delivers the right information to the right audience to enable informed decision making.
Business System Integration – HighJump Brewers’ Edge supports prebuilt integrations to leading Craft Brewing specific ERP systems like OrchestratedBeer.
HighJump Brewers’ Edge has begun initial customer deliveries and will be generally available in Q4 2015.
About HighJump
HighJump is a global provider of supply chain management software and trading partner network technology that streamlines the flow of inventory and information from supplier to store shelf. We support more than 15,000 customers in 77 countries, ranging from small businesses to global enterprises. Our functionally rich and highly adaptable solutions efficiently manage customers’ warehousing, manufacturing, transportation, distribution, trading partner integration, delivery routes, retail stores, and eCommerce. For more information, visit http://www.highjump.com.

HighJump and HighJump Software are trademarks of HighJump Software Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.

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Fat Head’s Strikes Gold at 2015 GABF

The Fat Head’s Family came away big winners at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival, bringing home five medals in total, four of which were gold.

Hop Juju Imperial IPA won its second gold medal in just 3 years. That is an unbelievable accomplishment in a category loaded with 208 entries this year, and 149 when they won in 2013.

The Fat Head’s entourage hadn’t even made it off the stage when it was announced they’d also won gold with Bone Head Imperial Red (double red ale category). Bone Head also has a 2014 World Beer Cup silver award to its credit.

Midnight Moonlight Black IPA, one of Head Brewmaster Matt Cole’s newest creations, was awarded the gold medal in the American-Style Black Ale category, proving his absolute mastery of hop-forward styles.

Black Knight Schwarzbier won silver, its second silver in the German-Style Schwarzbier category, the first coming in 2013.

Head Brewer of Fat Head’s Portland, Mike Hunsaker was ecstatic as they announced that the gold medal for Rye Beer went to Blitzkrieg Bock. It was the first medal for Fat Head’s PDX which has been in operation for less than a year.

At the 2015 GABF, 242 breweries took home medals in 92 categories. There were 6,647 competition entries from 1,552 breweries representing all 50 states. Fat Head’s had winning brews accredited to each of its locations – Portland, N. Olmsted and Middleburg Heights. No other brewery took home more than 3 medals. Fat Head’s has won every year since they began brewing in 2009, with 14 total Great American Beer Festival awards to their name. This was their most prolific showing to date.

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About Fat Head’s

Opened in 1992 as Pittsburgh’s premier craft beer bar and restaurant, Fat Head’s teamed up with head brewmaster Matt Cole in 2009 to create Fat Head’s Brewery & Saloon just outside of Cleveland. In response to overwhelming demand, a production facility was opened in 2012. Fat Head’s Brewery distributes 3 core beers and a range of seasonal offerings throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania. In their most recent venture, Fat Head’s took up residence in  Portland, OR operating a 300 seat brewpub in the heart of the Pearl District.

 

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SweetWater officially in NYC with events and tap takeovers

SweetWater Brew is officially flowing in NYC as of today, September 28,2015! The Atlanta-based craft beer company has events and tap takeovers at bars and restaurants all over the NYC area, including a “SweetWater Honey Hole” pop up bar at 1 Knickerbocker Ave in Brooklyn, opening daily at 4:20 pm with $4.20 food items, beer specials, and live music. You can find more details on Facebook here.

Stay up to date on the latest on the SweetWater NYC page: http://ift.tt/1jrIuTp

& via Twitter: @SweetWater_NYC

Come out and meet folks from the brewery and maybe score some schwag at these events:

MONDAY 9/28/15
Top Hops – 6:30p
Blind Tiger – 5p – 7p
Mugs’s Ale House – 6p – 9p
Morrisons – 7p – 10p

TUESDAY 9/29/2015
Spring Lounge – 6p
Westville – 4p – 8p
Jacob’s Pickle – 7p -9p
Cannibal – 6p
Eat Gastro Pub – 7p – 10p
Spuyten – 6p – 9p
Double Windsor – 7p – 10p
Oliver’s Gastropub – 6p – 9p
The Wherehouse – 6-8p

WEDNESDAY 9/30/2015
Pony Bar – 4:20p
Landsdowne Road – 6p
Kiabacca – 7p
Taproom 307 – 5p – 7p
Stagshead – 8p
Hoptron Brewtique – 7p – 10p
Hop Shop – 6p -9p
Craftsman Ale House – 6p

THURSDAY 10/1
Tribeca Tap House – 6p
Dive Bar – 7p -9p
Uptown Local – 6p
The Lark – 7p – 10p
Bed-Vyne – 6p – 9p
The Gate – 7p – 10p
Lazy Boy Saloon – 6p
Growler & Gill – TBD
Pony Bar – 6p
Bacchus – TBD

SWEETWATER BREWING COMPANY ANNOUNCES DISTRIBUTION TO NYC, CONNECTICUT & CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA

Southeast’s Largest Craft Brewery Begins Flowing in New Jersey & New York (September), Western Connecticut (November), Philadelphia Area & Central PA (November)

 

ATLANTA (September 9, 2015) – SweetWater Brewing Company continues to drift on up the East Coast with launches this fall in New York City and Connecticut.  In June, the brewery announced distribution into Northern New Jersey with Peerless Beverage Company (September) and the Philadelphia area with Muller Inc (November) – the northeastern market development continues with Manhattan Beer Distributors in New York City (September), Star Distributors and A. Gallo & Co. in Western Connecticut (November), and Wilsbach Distributors in Central Pennsylvania (November).

 

“Our team couldn’t be more stoked to introduce SweetWater to more folks in the northeast,” says Jeff Chassner, Director of New Market Business Development for SweetWater Brewing Co.  “We spent significant time identifying and getting to know the best fit for partners in each market, and are confident that these distributors are going to help us make a big, SweetWater-style splash in each city.”

 

“Welcome to one of the most exciting markets in the U.S., SweetWater,” says Rob Mitchell, Vice President of Craft, Wine and Spirits for Manhattan Beer Distributors.  “The buzz is already building about this great brewery entering the Manhattan market – we’re hearing from retailers and bars that consumers have been asking for SweetWater for a while, and we’re thrilled to be the team to deliver it to them.”

 

“We, at Star Distributors and A. Gallo & Co., are very excited to be partnering with SweetWater Brewing Co. to bring their tasty brews to the residents of Western Connecticut,” says Peter Gallo, Vice President of Star Distributors.  “We have worked together to create some great plans to bring SweetWater’s brands and culture to life in our market and can’t wait to get started!”

 

“Central Pennsylvania has an avid craft fan base, and the culture and commitment to quality that SweetWater embraces at their brewery will definitely resonate within our craft beer community,” says Jess Horn, Craft Brand Manager for Wilsbach Distributors.

 

Ranked among the nation’s Top 20 craft breweries in sales by volume according to the Brewer’s Association, SweetWater is touted as one of the fastest growing craft brands in the country. Locals will spot the brewery’s iconic rainbow trout tap handles and bottle/can packaging flowing throughout their respective areas this fall.  Folks can follow the brewery’s main Facebook page and individual market pages, where complete lists of launch and sampling festivities will be featured in the days and weeks prior to each launch.

 

To learn more about SweetWater Brewing Company and its full lineup of brands, visit http://ift.tt/1iWEt3C.

 

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MEDIA CONTACT: Tucker Berta Sarkisian | Talking Head | tucker@sweetwaterbrew.com | c. 404.337.1062

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Dark and Bitter – Brace Your ‘Buds for New Belgium Brewing’s Hop Stout

As the days grow colder and the nights get long, New Belgium Brewing has unleashed one of the burliest beers of their Hop Kitchen series with 100 IBU’s of beautiful black bitterness. Hop Stout entices with a sweet, malty depth before a wicked bite of hops kicks in with the force of an imperial stout grappling with an IPA.

Hop Stout pours a deep, delicious chocolate brown with a creamy head atop. Dark chocolate, roasted coffee and toasted bread notes emerge from the blending of eight different grains and six hop varieties, which accent the richness with a citrusy, woodsy pop. Equinox, Chinook and Willamette are just a few of the hops that arm this unique stout.

“We wanted a wickedly hoppy and deeply malty stout to celebrate the fall season,” said Grady Hull, Assistant Brewmaster of New Belgium Brewing. “Hop Stout draws you into the malty woodwork of a traditional stout and then the hops storm in. It’s a really incredible, complex beer for those seeking a little more adventure with the change of seasons.”

At 8 percent ABV and 100 IBUs, Hop Stout isn’t for the faint of heart, but it’s for malt and hop lovers alike. Hop Stout is now available on draft.

To find Hop Stout near you, use the New Belgium Libation Location tool: http://ift.tt/1JMcIYB.

For more information about New Belgium Brewing, visit NewBelgium.com. You can also follow New Belgium on Facebook at http://ift.tt/1J19JxJ and Twitter @NewBelgium.

About New Belgium Brewing Company

New Belgium Brewing, makers of Fat Tire Amber Ale and a host of Belgian-inspired beers, is recognized as one of Outside Magazine’s Best Places to Work and one of the Wall Street Journal’s Best Small Businesses. The 100% employee-owned brewery is a Platinum-level Bicycle Friendly Business as designated by the League of American Bicyclists, one of World Blu’s Most Freedom-Centered Workplaces, and a Certified B Corp. In addition to Fat Tire, New Belgium brews ten year-round beers; Ranger IPA, Rampant Imperial IPA, Shift Pale Lager, Slow Ride Session IPA, Snapshot Wheat, Sunshine Wheat, 1554 Black Lager, Blue Paddle Pilsner, Abbey Belgian Ale and Trippel. Learn more at NewBelgium.com.

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